3rd & 4th Generation (1992–1996 & 1997–2001)Toyota Camry Discussion for years: 1992-1996 & 1997-2001
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Right now i have the stock airfilter but i was wondering some of the pros/cons of getting an intake. i have seen some they run around 200bucks what the best type overall?
Do a search for cold air intakes. This is what you're looking for.
I'm unaware of if there's a production gen4 cold air intake on the market.
Most conical filter intakes are generally much louder than stock intakes. That's your cons.
They breath better and will get air from outside of the engine compartment (cooler/denser). A good filter (K&N, apex'i, etc) is cleanable and can be reoiled. A good filter will last a lifetime if properly maintained.
best one is the cheapest one, a cheap ebay one or one made using the "Specter" universal tubing and filters. or hell, tubing from a hardware store will work to. the only real benifit/pro...is sound...which i think is good enough because the motor sound great. the performance benifits are minimal at best. and the only benifit to a CAI is the ability to take in cooler air, but if you live in an area prone to flooding roads then hydralock is a concern as well.
I'll be the first to say, unless it's literally flood conditions, hydrolock is pretty much B.S.
You need to practically submerge the intake (not get a few splashes) to hydrolock a car.
The whole hydrolock argument is pretty hilarious. People fault CAI's for easy hydrolocking but then turn around and run water injection.
its not B.S. its a precaution to make sure people know that it is somthing that CAN happen thus is a con of a CAI. ive seen it, even if it doesnt cause full seizure of the motor. its highly unlikely however and the only times ive seen this happen is when people do somthing stupid like drive through a large puddle with out paying attention. the spray can fly back and cause choaking and bucking due to the excesive water. THAT happened to me when i installed my first CAI on my first camry. changing the location of the filter took care of it though.
other then that one incident, i NEVER had a problem, but its somthing to keep in mind. on an NA stock motor either will work. i liek CAI because of the piece of mind in getting the cooler air...even if it does close to nothing. since none are made then youd have to custom make one which can be done cheap.
hydrolock implies it will corrode the motor. as stated, this generally is a non-issue from a few splashes. I wouldn't suggest offroading and thinking you're driving a truck/jeep and going through massive puddles with it (that rival small creeks). The difference between a CAI being hydrolockable and your stock intake is about 6-9"
if it provides a potential problem...id want to know about it...no matter how small a problem. but thats me, i like to make sure people know as much about somthing before they decide to buy, even the little things. but as he says, its not a big deal. not somthing i wouldnt buy or make one over.
Indeed, it's not bad to mention but I think the topic gets way blown wayyy out of proportion. I feel people do the same with underdrive pulley's and the loss of a harmonic damper... Which ironically 5S-FE's don't even use (they have balance shafts) and all motors are internally balanced.
Indeed, it's not bad to mention but I think the topic gets way blown wayyy out of proportion. I feel people do the same with underdrive pulley's and the loss of a harmonic damper... Which ironically 5S-FE's don't even use (they have balance shafts) and all motors are internally balanced.
Nice. I knew about the hydrolock deal,but didn't know much about the pulleys. I wanted to throw one on awhile back and I read a thread on here about how easily it would crack and everything... But I've also read on several different cars and applications that are perfectly fine with them on, and satisfied this the little extra throttle response.
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